Was on the phone with a recruiter today, let’s call him Recruiter X. We were talking about career changers, and X said to me: I can’t present someone who is changing careers to a client! The client would say to me, X, are you on crack? I am not paying you 50 grand to bring me someone with no experience in this industry!
X went on to say: If a career changer comes to me, I tell them to try and approach the company directly. I can’t get involved.
X’s comments are proof that recruiters will not help you reinvent your career. Scratch them off your reinvention networking list….
